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Cottonginny, the mule
that started it all! Featured here as a Model Mule in the 1980 Western Horseman All Breed issue.
This
pretty grullo
mule was the high seller at the Fort Worth Stock
Show and Rodeo Mule Sale in 1978. She had been used on ranch in West
Texas
and came with 2 earmarks and four brands on her
hip and shoulder.
With her, we won the SDMS High Point Mule of the
Year 1979. She won almost every Western Pleasure class she was ever entered in for several years.
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Members of:
Southwestern Donkey
and Mule Society
Gulf Coast Donkey and Mule Association
American Donkey and Mule Society ( ADMS )
American
Mule Association
North American Saddle Mule Association ( NASMA )
American Quarter Horse Association
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We've
trained and ridden about
every kind of mule there is...out of
thoroughbreds, quarter horses, drafts and color breeds. Mostly good
ones but even we
have wound up with a few that we bought that
didn't work out. Don't waste your time or get hurt with an animal that
has
been hurt...because if they get scared, they
will hurt you. Nothing's worth that!
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Good mules are great.
A
bad mule is
horrible! Mules are not as forgiving as
horses...once hurt by a human, they are very wary from then on.
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Tom
Horn, by our Jack Amarillo Slim, undefeated his
second year green Western Pleasure at all major Texas Stock Show and
Fair
Mule shows, also won High Point Green at all
these events. An extremely smart and sensitive mule, he brought us much
joy
and many, many wins at the large mule shows
across the country, winning in events such as Western Pleasure, Hunter
Under Saddle,
Mulemanship, Trail, Reining, Penning and
Dressage. He went on to win awards for another family, but is back with
us now and
retired out with the broodmares at Mulehill
Ranch for the rest of his life.
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This
LOUD appaloosa mule
was a headturner! After "South's successful
show career, he was the mule we put people that weren't experienced
riders...and
he was great to snub colts to. He's retired to
the pasture now.
The Bay Mule is "Scott's Sagebrush Molly" - a
dominating
competitor in the showring in many events. We
won the large Showmanship at Halter at the Houston Livestock Show back
in the
80's, I showed her in Sidesaddle, she was an
awesome pleasure animal both English and Western, and she was a Bishop
Mule Days
World Champion Team Roping and Steer Stopping
Mule! She won a ton of ribbons, trophies, high points and buckles! She
is
now owned by Nelda French of Levelland, Texas.
Mules are not for everyone. But I have noticed that once a person gets
a good mule, they are hooked for life!
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